I had a small stump of chimney bricks left in the loft, which I have removed, so now the top layer of bricks is level with the boarded loft floor. I'm using a large SDS drill and would struggle to continue removing bricks holding the drill inside the flues. Looks like there are around two layers of bricks between the loft floor and the 1st floor ceiling, once these are gone I'll be fine working from the 1st floor.
How best to approach this - carry on trying to remove them from the loft, or move to the 1st floor and loosen them from ceiling level, even if I have to go back up to the loft to remove them completely?
The first bricks I took off were solid and came off easily in one piece. But the further down I go the more crumbly and black they are - makes it a messier job, and I can't always tell what is brick and what is mortar which makes targeting the mortar joins more difficult. Although sometimes the mortar is actually stronger than the bricks.
How best to approach this - carry on trying to remove them from the loft, or move to the 1st floor and loosen them from ceiling level, even if I have to go back up to the loft to remove them completely?
The first bricks I took off were solid and came off easily in one piece. But the further down I go the more crumbly and black they are - makes it a messier job, and I can't always tell what is brick and what is mortar which makes targeting the mortar joins more difficult. Although sometimes the mortar is actually stronger than the bricks.